The Nigerian Army Direct Regular Commissioned Officers Course
04/1993 Association is set to hold a reunion to celebrate 30 years after commissioning of its members as officers in the Nigerian Army.
To this end, over 100 of its members under the aegis of Direct Regular Commissioned Officers Course 04/1993 Association will hold a reunion at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI), Jaji, Kaduna State, from 8th January to 2nd July 1993.
This is contained in a statement signed by Brigadier-General Sani Kukasheka Usman, and Chuks Odiegwu-Enwerem, the set’s Chairman and General
Secretary, respectively, noting that some of the Course’s members are still serve in the Army, while others have “honourably” retired from military service
and are engaged in various life endeavours in Nigeria and other parts of the world.
The group, the statement indicated will mark exactly 30 years since members took the oath of allegiance as commissioned military officers after rigorous military training
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“Consequently, the DRC 04/93 association deemed it proper to thank
God Almighty for this through a reunion and 30th-anniversary celebration.
Accordingly, the association will have a special prayer at Mambila Barracks
Central Mosque on Friday, 7th July 2023, and a reunion and celebration on
Saturday, 8th July 2023, at Scorpion Officers Mess, Abuja, by 10.00 am” the
statement said.
It added that the Commandant of NASI, during the group’s training,
Brigadier-General (Distinguished Senator) Tunde Ogbeha (rtd), will chair the
occasion, while other dignitaries expected at the occasion include: former
Directing Staff (DS) and Instructors at the time, Brigadier-General Olajide
Laleye (rtd), Brigadier-General Kolawole Vigo (rtd) MON, His Royal Highness
(Colonel) Philip Arigbodu Okubotin (rtd), Eleme Pere Agbe III, the
Amadaowei of Elemebiri Community, Salga, Bayelsa State and Colonel Usman Alhaji Mohammed (rtd), among others.
Members of the association, including those in the Diaspora, are also expected to participate in the celebration, adding that the reunion will be followed with a Thanksgiving Service at the Protestant Church, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, Sunday, 9th July 2023, by 10.00 am.